HUTT VALLEY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 264, 3 August 1932, Page 16

HUTT VALLEY NEWS

FANCY DRESS BALL In Aid of Free Kindergarten In aid of the Lower Hutt Free Kindergarten a plain and fancy-dress masked ball was held at the Community Hall, Moera, on Saturday night, and proved -most successful. The hall was tastefully decorated with multi-coloured streamers and fronds of greenery. A Maori orchestra, under the leadership of Mr. D. Love, provided the music, and Mr. Edwards and Mr. Sutherland were M.C.’s. „ . Many novelty dances were held, including spot-light, confetti, and streamer dances. The statue dance was won by Miss Albrett and' Mr. Walling, and the Monte Carlo by. Miss - Gills ■ and Mr. Hunter.. ’ . , - • The prizes for fancy dresss were as follow: —Best fancy dress.: Women, “Carmen,” Miss Peach; men, “Sailor Boy,’’ , Mr. Glover; best poster, woman, “Pilcher and C 0.,” Miss Perry; best poster, man, “Tahitian Lady,” Miss Davidson; most original, woman, “Relief Worker,” Miss Jones; most original man, “The Absent-minded Professor,” Miss August; most humorous woman, “Mrs Candle,” Miss Stewart; most humorous, man, “Thee o’clock in the Morning,” Mr. Gough. Among the many fancy dresses were “Gipsy,” Miss Corkin; “Back to Childhood,’’ Mrs. Sergeant: “Indian Squaw,” Mrs. Burns; “School Girl,” Miss Crocker; “Gipsy,” Miss Nicholls;; “Joy Girl,” Miss Nicholls; “Egyptian Lady,” Mrs. De Castro; “Mexican Boy,” Miss Paulin; Old English Lady.” Miss Linklater: “Maori Girl,” Miss Clark ; “Soldier Boy,” Mr. Wright. LOWER HUTT LIBRARY Activities for Month Details of the activities of the Lower Hutt Library for July are as follow, the figures for the corresponding period last year being given in parentheses:—Number of books taken out, 2242 (2242) ; new books added to library,. 35 (35); new subscribers, 22. (9); mernbers who withdrew, 9 (18); total number of subscribers, 361 (348). HOME NURSING • ' ' ““ Upper Hutt!Red Cross Results of the home-nursing examinations recently held by the Upper Hutt branch of the New Zealand Red Cross Society are as follow:— • '■■■■(■ '■ Second bar to medallion, Miss Teresa Golder; advanced section, 1 Mrs. M. K. Gibbs; intermediate, Misses Margaret Wallis (honours), Betty Cropp (honours), Alma Jenkins (honours), and Daphne Marryatt (pass); elementary, Misses Mary Tamer (honours), Mary Allen (honours), Helen Golder (pass), Ivy Collett (pass), Bessie Robinson (pass), and Mary Quinn (pass). . <